BS: there's a house on my calculator

Subject: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 10:43 PM

Yesterday a new calculator arrived in the mail - without directions. It has two buttons I cannot figure out. One has a drawing of a house, the other shows some dollar bills. The second one is supposed to help convert other currency to dollars, but how?

We thought the house might mean "store," but it doesn't seem to do that, either before or after pressing a number. Maybe it means calculate the mortgage?

After we puzzled over this, my husband noticed (after several years) that his laptop from work has a little house on it. What can it mean?

Subject: RE: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 11:25 PM

Is it a "house" or a "home"? Could it perform a function similar to going to the homepage of a Web browser? Perhaps if one frequently uses specific formulas or preset functions it allows the user to call up a screen with the formulae already loaded so all he has to do is plug in the values. Or something like that. Just a thought.

Subject: RE: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: mack/misophist
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 12:00 AM

The symbol is a reference to the Greek word 'ecumenos' and signifies an economic calculator. After all, a house is not a home.

Subject: RE: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: Peace
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 12:33 AM

Might try a google of

the calculator brandname and then e-mail them. Fast way to get an answer and the directions you require.

Subject: RE: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: Peace
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 01:14 AM

But, it might be wise to get the horse to move.

Subject: RE: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: Helen
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 09:25 PM

Calculator buttons and their keyboard equivalents

What does the house look like? A square with a triangle for a roof?

Subject: RE: BS: there's a house on my calculator
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 12:08 PM

Helen, thanks for the link, but the mystery buttons don't appear on that page. It's a two-storey house with a front door in the center, a barge board, and a chimney. Couldn't be anything but a house.

Brucie: there is no name on the calculator, so can't contact the maker.

Funny, I thought there would be lots of people with these buttons on their calculators. (I tend to hear about new technology late in the game. Just yesterday I asked the DH what TiVo is.)